Rehr sees challenges and opportunities
“We will leave no TV set behind,” declared NAB President David Rehr, noting that his speech yesterday in Las Vegas might be his last...
NABOB looking for registrants
The National Association of Broadcasters' 32nd Annual Spring Broadcast Management Conference is slated for 5/16/08-5/21/08 at St. Maarten, and it's accepting registrations right now...
Will retailer short Circuit Blockbuster blockbuster?
Movie renter Blockbuster is trying to acquire challenged consumer electronics retailer Circuit City, but says that CC is dragging its heels on the due...
Foundation looking into local loss
And just what is being lost? According to the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the growing use of the internet as a...
First of two CCU books gets a review
Alec Foege says he thought Clear Channel was getting a bum rap from the media when he began writing a book on the company....
Proxy firm backs Media General dissident
Harbinger Capital Partners is claiming a victory because one of the major proxy vote advisory firms has advised its institutional investor clients not to...
C-E-Oh, no
The parade of bad economic news continues unabated with the release of the latest Conference Board survey of CEO confidence. The corner office execs'...
PTC attacks BET, MTV music programming
Music video programming on two prominent basic cable services has drawn the ire of Parents Television Council. The indecency watchdog says that "sexual, violent, profane or obscene" material is presented about once every 38 seconds.
Part 2: Can HD Radio Be Saved?
Our anonymous correspondent is back with some suggestions on how to salvage HD Radio. We’ll have more on HD Radio from a proponent on Wednesday.
Talkers: Campaign good, economy bad
The Project for Excellence in Journalism has finally put out another Talkers index, giving us a chance to compare the interests of gabmeisters as...
GE’s Q1 well below expectations
NBC Universal was fine for Q1, with profits up 3%, but most of the rest of General Electric saw double digit declines and the...
Feedback on Friday’s Blog Log
Of course the secret writer is.....right! HD radio was a loser from the beginning. As someone who has owned and operated dozens of AM...
Parts of Rather lawsuit dismissed
A judge in New York yesterday allowed Dan Rather to go forward with his 70 million bucks lawsuit against CBS and Viacom. However, the...
Why HD Radio may never make it
A loyal reader of RBR/TVBR has been contemplating the hurdles facing HD Radio and submitted this analysis to Publisher Jim Carnegie. For business reasons,...
The PPM dialog continues
Randy Kabrich responds to Mike Cavanaugh.No one is saying going back to diary.The points are:1) PPM is the future - but as radio pays...